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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1h

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 19h

we found an all-timer folks

Freezing Cold Takes @oldtakesexposed.bsky.social · 19h

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Heatherface Wixson @thehorrorchick.bsky.social · 1d

This one hurts a lot. RIP Diane Keaton.

I don’t even know what else to say.

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Brad Williams @reticentduet.onceuponawasteland.com · 19h

Titles:

- Dark Road Diaries (a retooled version of the concept I tried unsuccessfully to Kickstart earlier this year, may change that title)
- The Uncharted Odyssey
- The Fight for Forever

And I could also maybe go back to doing something Fallout-y.

Brad Williams @reticentduet.onceuponawasteland.com · 23h

I've been dealing with paralysis by analysis trying to figure out what I want to do next in the world of audio fiction.

I think that instead of fretting over which concept to run with I'll do a few pilots to see which one works best. I have two concepts in the hopper and one more should do it.

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Penneford Jones @c27penn.bsky.social · 21h

I'm getting ready to manage some mischief right now, and I'm hoping to go live around 9:30! Join me for some #fallout76 fun, and then something truly scary.... #OSHAVIOLATIONS!! #twitch #ForkliftFury

a man wearing safety glasses and a hat is saying `` nowhere is safe ! ''

ALT: a man wearing safety glasses and a hat is saying `` nowhere is safe ! ''

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Brad Williams @reticentduet.onceuponawasteland.com · 23h

I've been dealing with paralysis by analysis trying to figure out what I want to do next in the world of audio fiction.

I think that instead of fretting over which concept to run with I'll do a few pilots to see which one works best. I have two concepts in the hopper and one more should do it.

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Todd Stashwick @realtoddstashwick.bsky.social · 2d

If you love, Dungeons & Dragons, if you love Star Trek, and you love helping fight, pediatric cancer this might just be for you! www.pablove.org/roll

Todd Stashwick @realtoddstashwick.bsky.social · 5d

You can be part of the game! Join me and some of my Star Trek family as we play #Dungeons&Dragons to fight childhood cancer with the Pablove Foundation on Nov 9th. Go to www.pablove.org/roll to donate and enter to be one of two players at a virtual table with these amazing folks. Go now!

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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 1d

Wil Wheaton put out a YouTube video where he said, “everyone who works on Star Trek today, all of the writers, all of the department heads, everyone who designs all of the things you see, and 70% of the actors ... [is] a lifelong Star Trek fan” and it’s breaking the brains of all the bad fanboys

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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 1d

We all tried that for years, but those days ended when Musk turned it into a state propaganda machine algorithmically tuned to favor the house. You only win that game by not playing. You can starve a platform by taking all its brands and celebs away, but too many stay there for the “engagement”

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

The final episode of comic and actor Marc Maron's influential podcast drops Monday.

Marc Maron's 'WTF' podcast ends soon. Here's a look at 7 essential episodes

The final episode of comic and actor Marc Maron's influential podcast drops Monday. It'll be the last of more than 1,600 shows.

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Brad Williams @reticentduet.onceuponawasteland.com · 1d

Unsolicited Mick pic.

A young Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones.

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Evan Dorkin @evandorkin.bsky.social · 1d

@teepublic.bsky.social is running a weekend sale, so get up to 35% off our House of Fun shirt and merch designs.
www.teepublic.com/user/house-o...

The "GIn Makes a Man Mean" Milk and Cheese t-shirt design currently on sale at Teepublic.

The "Behold the Blank Stare of Hate" Milk and Cheese t-shirt design currently on sale at Teepublic.

Two Eltingville CLub t-shirt designs currently on sale at Teepublic. One is of Pete DiNunzio from the Eltingville CLub, the other Jerry Stokes from the CLub.

The "Burn in Hell" Devil Puppet t-shirt design currently on sale at Teepublic.

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Brad Williams @reticentduet.onceuponawasteland.com · 2d

Ms. Roboto

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Syracuse University @syracuseu.bsky.social · 2d

What happens when AI can fake anyone—or anything?

Syracuse University ROTC cadets are developing tech that detects deepfakes, exposes bots and defends truth in the digital age.

🔗 Learn more: https://bit.ly/4h2HZ01

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Brad Williams @reticentduet.onceuponawasteland.com · 2d

Mastodon is the "linux on the desktop" of social media.

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Brad Williams @reticentduet.onceuponawasteland.com · 2d

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Todd Stashwick @realtoddstashwick.bsky.social · 2d

Do you love, Star Trek and Dungeons & Dragons? Head on over and take a chance to help some kids fight, pediatric cancer!

Todd Stashwick @realtoddstashwick.bsky.social · 5d

You can be part of the game! Join me and some of my Star Trek family as we play #Dungeons&Dragons to fight childhood cancer with the Pablove Foundation on Nov 9th. Go to www.pablove.org/roll to donate and enter to be one of two players at a virtual table with these amazing folks. Go now!

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Brad Williams @reticentduet.onceuponawasteland.com · 3d

That's very true. In terms of performance (IME) it goes PC -> Xbox -> Getting hit by a bus -> Getting hit by a second, larger bus -> PlayStation

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TrekCulture @trekculture.bsky.social · 3d

Continuing our run of Ups & Downs from the Star Trek pilots, next up is 'Beyond The Farthest Star'🖖

@seanferrick.bsky.social's here, 10pm BST: youtu.be/hD0c-ZJceuQ

#StarTrek #StarTrekTAS #TheAnimatedSeries

Ups & Downs From Star Trek: The Animated Series 1.1 - Beyond The Farthest Star

YouTube video by TrekCulture

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 3d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Brad Williams @reticentduet.onceuponawasteland.com · 3d

TIL that there was a failed pilot for an American version of "Absolutely Fabulous" starring Kristen Johnson and Kathryn Hahn. And also Zosia Mamet, whom I absolutely adore, as Saffron.

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Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 3d

Our union allies at @actorsequity.bsky.social and @afm-union.bsky.social Local 802 have both been in negotiations with The Broadway League since August, and they now need our help to secure a fair contract. Sign the solidarity letter: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...

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Brad Williams @reticentduet.onceuponawasteland.com · 3d

I wrote a 10-page paper on Arthurian legends in high school the night before it was due after work (I got off at 8PM) in about an hour and a half after mainlining Jolt Cola. I got an A.

I didn't expect to get it done so quickly and I was so amped up that I ended up shooting hoops until about 2AM.

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 3d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
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It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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⚞Mason Amadeus(he/him)㋬⚟ 🗱㎑㎒㎓⛐𝄞 @wickedinterest.ing · 3d

Do you want a fun show to wake up with EVERY* morning?

Do you like to have moderately pleasant, humorous rabble in the background of your breakfast ritual??

Do you want to hear YOUR OWN** voice on a podcast?

Check out The Bug & Moss Morning Telephone Show!

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A stylized, shiny blue beetle atop a blurry mottled green background. Orange cartoonish text reads "BUG" at the top and "MOSS" at the bottom. The blue beetle intersects the text. In the bottom right corner is a classic "parental advisory, explicit content" label like one might find on a slipknot CD circa 2009.

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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 3d

Its like looking at an entire gaggle of rejected Doctor Whos

Jonny Morris @jonnymorris.bsky.social · 3d

Is this real or am I in a coma?

Young Conservative with a Doctor Who question mark pullover.

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